Newly discovered wasp named after Boston Bruins goalie Rask

Source: AP-Excite

BOSTON (AP) — There's a new buzz surrounding Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask.

A Boston-area researcher who was part of a team that discovered a new species of wasp in Kenya has named the insect Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski in Rask's honor.

Robert Copeland, an entomologist at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi who grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, named the wasp after Rask to show his admiration for the player who has "had an outstanding career in one of the most difficult positions in sports," according to a story in The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/1JGNte9 ) on Tuesday.

A paper based on the discovery is scheduled to be published in April in the journal Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae.

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FILE - In this May 16, 2014, file photo, Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask, of Finland, listens to a reporter's question in the team's locker room at TD Garden in Boston. There's a new buzz surrounding Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask. A Boston-area researcher who was part of a team that discovered a new species of wasp in Kenya has named the insect Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski in Rask's honor. Rask described the honor as "pretty neat." (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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I don't care about the name. It is just exciting to still be discovering unknown life forms around the globe.